HID Global released a white paper describing an emerging security environment in which users will have a seamless experience when using cloud-based applications and services, accessing data and opening doors. This environment will move the industry beyond traditional strong authentication approaches, cards and readers to simplify and improve how identities are created, managed and used […]

The ability to enroll an individual online – and then issue a credential with some level of assurance behind it – is becoming increasingly crucial in the modern Internet economy. Financial institutions have been doing this for years, enabling customers to open lines of credit online. Enterprises are beginning to use the solutions to issue credentials to […]

It is a common misconception that voice biometrics and voice recognition are one in the same. Recognition, however, lacks the biometric component. This confusion and the fragmented terminology used to characterize the technology are responsible for at least part of the apprehension that surrounds voice biometrics. “Voice recognition, to me, means talk and type – I […]

Morpho receives Lenel certification Morpho, through its U.S. company MorphoTrak, has received factory certification from Lenel Systems International and joined the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program. Morpho biometric access readers now interface with the OnGuardaccess control system through BioManager middleware by Identity One. Lenel is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of […]

STORK and NSTIC sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g … In the U.S. there is the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and in the European Union there is similarly unfortunate moniker STORK 2.0, which stands for Secure idenTity acrOss boRders linKed 2.0. Both are government initiatives dealing with digital identities but they have different […]

Fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans have long dominated the biometric landscape, but Canada-based Bionym has developed an authentication device that moves to a different beat. The company is marketing a wristband called Nymi – pronounced Nim-Me – that leverages the wearer’s electro cardiogram (ECG) as a unique identifier. ECG-enabled authentication is relatively unknown, but as Bionym […]

By Ajay Jain, President and CEO, Quantum Secure Identity is the new firewall. Recognizing the need for rigorous identity management is built on understanding that no individual in a facility or campus can ever be allowed access to an area they are not authorized to enter. This is a major security issue at most organizations, […]